Im 27-- 2 kids - 5 yr old son and 18 mo old daughter-- when im preggers my BP is thru the roof literally. I was on bedrest during my sons pregnancy from 16 weeks on-- that was not fun-- I managed to work until i was 37.5 weeks with my daughter using bp medicine. Both my kids were taken at 37.5 weeks due to my pregnancy induced hypertension. after i had my daughter ( i was 26 then) my bp didnt go down-- i ended up spending my one nite after my csection on a magnesium drip and being sent home with MEGA doses of BP meds. I took them sparingly for a month and quit. Iknow bad but i wasnt feeling any high bp symptoms-- my 8 week post pregnancy checkup they didnt mention my bp and i was too busy chatting with the nurses about how cute our babies were to ask what my bp was. It hadnt gone down. Went in for my annual today and my bp is still high. borderline stage 2 hypertension. yeah thats high. I have been watching what i eat and cutting back and going to the gym since Auburn was born. Im not hardly losing any weight. 10 pounds since Jan. Thats it. its hard but i try soo hard to not eat fatty foods and not over eat.
My dr didnt put me on meds again yet, he wants to see me in a month to see what my bp is then. In the meantime i am to use my bp machine at home (left over from my pregnancies) to monitor my bp at least once a week. he wants to see if maybe its white coat hypertension but he doesnt think it is-- he said that my bp has gone up from what it was at my post pregnancy 8 week check up last summer. It was even high at my october 2004 annual exam but he assumed ( and didnt ask) i was still taking my meds.
He changed my birth control meds so i start the new ones in 2 weeks and has got me monitoring and calling in every 2 weeks with bp reports.
i never imagined that i would have HBP before i was 30. Scares me soo much. My dad has hypertension, his sister, my aunt has had 3 strokes and shes 58-- her first stroke was at age 38.
i wish i could find neverland and move my family there i soo dont want to grow up anymore
My dr didnt put me on meds again yet, he wants to see me in a month to see what my bp is then. In the meantime i am to use my bp machine at home (left over from my pregnancies) to monitor my bp at least once a week. he wants to see if maybe its white coat hypertension but he doesnt think it is-- he said that my bp has gone up from what it was at my post pregnancy 8 week check up last summer. It was even high at my october 2004 annual exam but he assumed ( and didnt ask) i was still taking my meds.
He changed my birth control meds so i start the new ones in 2 weeks and has got me monitoring and calling in every 2 weeks with bp reports.
i never imagined that i would have HBP before i was 30. Scares me soo much. My dad has hypertension, his sister, my aunt has had 3 strokes and shes 58-- her first stroke was at age 38.
i wish i could find neverland and move my family there i soo dont want to grow up anymore
